Subject: Unknown flying beauty Location: Ontairo, Canada February 9, 2016 10:53 am Hi My husband took this picture in the summertime (end of July) and I am having a hard time trying to figure out what this little flying beauty could be. We live in south Ontario, Canada. Signature: Xriss

Artichoke Plume Moth

Dear Xriss, We believe your Plume Moth in the family Pterophoridae is an Artichoke Plume Moth, Platyptilia carduidactylus, based on its similarity to the images posted to BugGuide.

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Subject: t-shaped creature Location: Ringsted, Denmark October 3, 2015 2:42 am It was sitting on my window in the livingroom. I have never seen anything like it before. I don’t think it was afraid of me, caus I could get realy close before it flew away. It was very slow actually. I guess it was about 3-4 cm long. Signature: chelina

Plume Moth

Dear Chelina, This is a Plume Moth in the family Pterophoridae, and many people write to us requesting an identification for the T-Bug.

Subject: T Bug ? Location: Lancaster U K September 25, 2015 3:56 am My daughter recently informed me of a bug that she had found on the garden fence , it had four legs and a possible two more that trailed behind its body . its main body shape formation was in the shape of a letter T . However , i am not sure if part of its body was wings. I would be very grateful if you could inform me what it is Many Thanks Signature: Andrew Hogarth

Plume Moth

Dear Andrew, This is a Plume Moth in the family Pterophoridae. Like other insects, the Plume Moth actually has three pairs of legs, and the crossbar of the “T” is actually two pairs of wings.

Brightly colored Plume Moth Location: Queensland March 15, 2015 Hi guys. I thought brightly coloured ones might be rare. I got a photo of one from Australia that is brightly russet coloured. It is the only known photo of a living specimen of a very rare species, it took the experts weeks to figure out what it was, and is on the Atlas of Living Australia website here. Feel free to grab it for your archive if you wish.http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:4b6288ed-6fd0-4ad3-97cb-310ddfed3899

Plume Moth

Thanks so much Trevor, We are thrilled to be able to post your image of this rare Plume Moth, Deuterocopus socotranus.

Subject: What in the name of all that is holy… Location: Atlanta, GA March 12, 2015 7:24 pm Well, we had a few warm days for early march, even saw some grasshoppers oustide. Saw this thing on why house. My first thought was “How does that even work?” Signature: Caleb

Plume Moth

Dear Caleb, This distinctive insect is a Plume Moth in the family Pterophoridae, but we are not certain of the species.The wings form the top bar of the letter T, and we frequently get requests to identify T-Bugs.